1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
index eb19ff36f68..cce201e1f11 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
@@ -1992,7 +1992,7 @@ backend check whether the group actually exists."
   (let ((hashtb (setq gnus-active-hashtb (gnus-make-hashtable 4096))))
     (dolist (list (list gnus-killed-list gnus-zombie-list))
       (dolist (group list)
-        (gnus-sethash (string-as-unibyte group) nil hashtb)))))
+        (gnus-sethash group nil hashtb)))))
 
 (defun gnus-get-killed-groups ()
   "Go through the active hashtb and mark all unknown groups as killed."